What's happening
This bill requires New York hospitals to provide any medical forms or information in Punjabi upon a patient's request.
Why it matters
Improves healthcare access and understanding. for Punjabi-speaking patients, helping them better comprehend important medical forms and documents, which can reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes.
Promotes health equity. by ensuring that language barriers do not prevent Punjabi-speaking patients from giving informed consent or understanding their rights and responsibilities in medical settings.
May require hospitals to allocate resources. for accurate translation services or maintain Punjabi-language forms, potentially affecting administrative processes and hospital budgets.
Acknowledges the needs of a growing Punjabi-speaking community. in New York, signaling statewide recognition of linguistic diversity and patient-centered care.
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- Referred to health
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Hospital Forms in Punjabi
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
640
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to provide forms in Punjabi
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-z to read as follows:
§ 2805-z. Forms printed in Punjabi. Every hospital shall, at a patient's request, provide any medical form or printed information which is given to a patient or required to be signed by such patient translated into Punjabi.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02771-01-7
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